Marcos Rojo, Matteo Darmian and Phil Jones are not good enough while Chris Smalling should be no more valuable than providing cover for those ahead of him in the pecking order.

Eric Bailly has the potential to be a top class centre back, but has become disillusioned and wants to find a new club, while Ashley Young has been a terrific servant but is heading towards the twilight of his career and needs to be replaced.

This leaves Luke Shaw, Victor Lindelof and Diogo Dalot as the only three remaining who are fit for purpose heading into the brave new era under Solskjær.

The Norwegian needs to succeed where Jose Mourinho failed last summer and get executive vice chairman Ed Woodward to invest in a defence strong enough to lay the foundations for a genuine tilt at club football’s biggest trophies.

So here is who United and Solskjær should be focusing their attention on this summer.

An entertaining match at Molineux had several key talking points, including: